Bobby Wilson (Boston Celtics)

[1972Shocker]

I would guess that the primary reason Bobby is not in the Shocker Hall of Fame is that he only played for Wichita State for 2 years after 2 years of Juco ball.

Damn fine player though. Perhaps we should open up a JUCO transfer wing in the Shocker Hall of Fame because we have had a number of very fine two-year players. Especially in recent years with Clevin Hannah, Joe Ragland, Carl Hall, Ben Smith, Ramon Clemente and Ryan Martin. Perhaps that wing should also include D-1 transfers as well.

[RipEmUpShox]

Bob Wilson (1972-1974) is mentioned in several places in the 2012-13 Wichita State Men's Basketball Fact Book:
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/843ba17d?DB_OEM_ID=7500#/843ba17d/1

1973 All-MVC First Team (History p.12, 62/109);
Shockers in the Pros (History p.21, 71/109);
Starter on '72-'73 teams, 17.6 ppg in '72-'73 as a Jr.; 20.0 ppg in '73-'74 as a Sr. (History p.36, 86/109);
Listed as 4th all-time in Free Throw Percentage for a Season, 88.3% in '73-'74 (Records p.3, 95/109);
Listed as 4th all-time in Scoring Average for Career, 18.8 ppg (Records p.4, 96/109);
1974 recipient of Wichita Eagle MVP award, shared with Rich Morsden (Records p.5, 97/109);
in the 30-plus Point Club with 32 points v. West Texas State on Feb. 28, 1974
and 30 points v. Tulsa on Feb. 21, 1974 (Records p.14, 106/109).

Wow 20 points a game... THis guy was good.

[tb727]

I would guess that the primary reason Bobby is not in the Shocker Hall of Fame is that he only played for Wichita State for 2 years after 2 years of Juco ball.

Damn fine player though. Perhaps we should open up a JUCO transfer wing in the Shocker Hall of Fame because we have had a number of very fine two-year players. Especially in recent years with Clevin Hannah, Joe Ragland, Carl Hall, Ben Smith, Ramon Clemente and Ryan Martin. Perhaps that wing should also include D-1 transfers as well.

Any idea on what Juco Wilson attended?

I don't even know if he attended Shortridge HS in Indiana like his basketball reference page mentions. I contacted the president of the hall of fame at Shortridge who hasn't heard of Wilson and he attended school there the same time Wilson would've been there...

[1972Shocker]

Any idea on what Juco Wilson attended?

According to Wikipedia he attended Pasadena JC (1970-71) and Northeastern JC (1971-72) before matriculating to Wichita State.

[tb727]

Here it is!

I didn't forget, as promised!

http://www.celticslife.com/2013/12/wthht-bobby-wilson.html

Thanks for everyone's help here.

[jocoshock]

I didn't forget, as promised!

http://www.celticslife.com/2013/12/wthht-bobby-wilson.html

Thanks for everyone's help here.

Great story!

[ShockTalk]

Brings up a great point. At what time does WSU do more in honoring JUCO players who come to WSU. No doubt, we are going through one of our greatest eras in basketball and a large part of that success is due to the JUCO players Coach Marshall has brought in. They should be no less a part of our history.

Bobby Wilson is 4th in career scoring average at WSU.

[tb727]

You know better than me, but I feel he belongs in there. Promotional banner attached! BOBBY WILSON (2).jpg

[AZ Shocker]

Very nice to read about this player! A few years before my time but he sounds like an outstanding person. He definitly gets my vote to be inducted!!! Thanks tb727 for a really great read.

[JayShocks]

Mo Evans and Greg Dreiling both attended WSU and made it to the NBA.